Laboratory Testing

Tests performed on every unit of blood:

• ABO and Rh
• Antibody Screening
• HBsAg - Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
• Anti-HBC - Hepatitis B Core Antibodies
• Anti-HCV - Hepatitis C Antibodies
• Anti-HIV ½ + O - HIV-1 and HIV-2 Antibodies
• Anti-HTLV-I/II - HTLV-I and HTLV-II Antibodies
• Anti–T. cruzi - T. cruzi Antibodies – The agent that causes Chagas Disease
• HCV and HIV-1 NAT - A Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) that detects the RNA of the Hepatitis C virus and the HIV-1 virus.
• HBV NAT – A Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) that detects the DNA of the Hepatitis B virus.
• Syphilis
• West Nile Virus - A Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) that detects the RNA of the West Nile virus.
• Cholesterol - as a service to our donors

Tests performed on some units of blood:

• Anti-CMV
• HLA Type - to locate compatible blood components and to match patients with special platelet needs.
• Red Blood Cell Antigen

Test Results:

Blood Donors are confidentially notified of any unusual results found by our blood tests.

Click Here for When a Donor Tests Positive

Medical Direction: Kenneth Rand, MD and William Winter, MD, serve as medical directorsfor LifeSouths testing laboratory. Both are members of the University of Florida college of Medicine in Gainesville.